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Published at 20th of May 2020 04:44:53 PM


Chapter 39

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Mr. Li immediately panicked when he heard “His Majesty”, “Your Highness, is His Majesty coming here for…”

The Empress Dowager glanced at him without showing even one single trace of panic, “Stay calm. As long as we have got this thing, even His Majesty won’t be able to protect her!”

What she was talking about was Helian Chacha’s jade pendant.

The moment they finished the conversation, Ye Shengxuan walked in from the outside.

He checked around the room quickly and then stared at the Empress Dowager while bowing to her slightly, “Good day, mother.”

“Alright,” The Empress Dowager waved her hand, “Have a seat.”

After sitting down, Ye Shengxuan started to greet the Empress Dowager, “How have you been lately, mother?”

“All good. But there are many mosquitos as summer comes and I can’t sleep because of them.” Then, she said again, “I bet you are not here just to say hello, right?”

Hearing that, Ye Shengxuan realized that the Empress Dowager had already known why he was here, so he gave up beating around the bush and said directly, “I heard that you have arrested a little eunuch…”

“Little eunuch?” Before he could finish his sentence, the Empress Dowager started to laugh while covering her mouth, “I don’t agree with you on that. How can a girl become a eunuch?”

Ye Shengxuan’s face changed all of a sudden, “Excuse me?!”

“You didn’t know that?” The Empress Dowager stared at Ye Shengxuan carefully to see the change of his expression, “It seems that you have been working really hard that you don’t even have the time for gossips spread all over the imperial palace.”

“He…is really a girl?” Ye Shengxuan’s eyes turned a bit complicated.

The Empress Dowager was a bit surprised by his astonishment as it was her first time in so many years to see different expressions on his face than coldness.

The Empress Dowager felt more complacent since she seemed to have shaken Ye Shengxuan to the core successfully.

“Moreover, please check this out.” She passed the jade pendant to the palace maid next to her, and the palace maid then handed it to Ye Shengxuan.

Ye Shengxuan suddenly opened his eyes wide when he saw that jade pendant.

Seeing that, the Empress Dowager explained to him by his side evilly, “This is what they found in her room. I know I am not that knowledgeable, but I know what this jade pendant represents. Your Majesty, I believe you don’t need my further explanation, right? This woman has to die!”

“No!” Ye Shengxuan said that almost without thinking.

She didn’t expect that Ye Shengxuan would protect that fake eunuch even when the situation had become as clear as daylight.

The Empress Dowager stared at him coldly, “Why? Are you trying to protect a spy from our enemy’s country?”

Feeling that the Empress Dowager was becoming more furious, he tried to explain immediately, “You have misunderstood me, mother. She is not a spy and she never tried to fool me!”

How could this emperor make such a stupid excuse?!

“The evidence is right here, are you trying to disavow it for her?” The Empress Dowager pounded the table with anger.

“I know I can’t do that. But talking about Lin Dagou, I need to tell you what happened one year ago.” Ye Shengxuan stared at the Empress Dowager firmly and started to recall his memories.

“One year ago when I was passing a little town during my private trip, I was trapped in heavy rain, so I stayed in a hotel. I didn’t know that hotel was doing dirty business and I almost got killed that night by the outlaw. Fortunately, Lin Dagou showed up in time and saved my life. I didn’t know how to repay her the favor so I brought her back to the palace and gave her this jade pendant I got from a spy as our token of love. I wanted to take her as my concubine but Concubine Yun wouldn’t allow it, so I let her disguise herself as a eunuch so that she could stay by my side. Since you know her identity now, then I will take her as my concubine officially!”

Shiao Qi stood aside and couldn’t help the twitching his lips as he was amazed at how quick-minded the emperor was when he told lies and twisted the fact into his favor.

Hearing that, the Empress Dowager asked curiously, “For real?”

Ye Shengxuan nodded silently and looked really painful.

“So I wronged her this time?”

He denied immediately, “This is not your fault, mother! I didn’t tell you before as I was too ignorant.”

The Empress Dowager squinted her eyes slightly. Although she didn’t know if Ye Shengxuan was telling her the truth or not, according to the current situation, she couldn’t punish her with the excuse of her being a girl or a spy.

After all, His Majesty was protecting her right now, so she’d better downplay the whole matter. Otherwise, she wouldn’t get any benefit if she offended His Majesty.

The Empress Dowager clenched her teeth resentfully as she could only stick to the death of Eunuch Fu, “But what about the charge that she murdered Eunuch Fu? Eunuch Fu served by my side for so many years and I truly believed in him. I have to demand justice for him!”

Having expected that she would say so, Ye Shengxuan didn’t even try to avoid this topic, instead, he said directly, “If you want justice, I can help you investigate this case thoroughly. But I am not sure if you want me to get involved in this matter, mother?”

He was threatening her!

The Empress Dowager stared at Ye Shengxuan with a grudge, while Ye Shengxuan was also looking her straight in the eye.

After staring at each other for a long while, the Empress Dowager suddenly stood up, “She is now in the Ministry of Punishment. You can go there now but I won’t go with you.”

Then she started to walk to the outside.

Before she was about to step out of the door, Ye Shengxuan called out all of a sudden, “Please wait a moment, mother.”

The Empress Dowager stopped unconsciously, only hearing him asking from afar, “Do you still want my help in the case of Eunuch Fu?”

“You already have too much workload every day, so you don’t need to be concerned over a eunuch.”

Ye Shengxuan nodded and asked again, “Are you going to continue to investigate this case?”

What an emperor! He was forcing her to give up this case!

The Empress Dowager was so mad but she couldn’t win the gambling with Ye Shengxuan, so she clenched her teeth and said, “It’s just a eunuch, I don’t want to spend my time on that!”

Then, she left resentfully.

“Take care, mother.”

Ye Shengxuan stood in the room and there was no smile on his face at all. Right after the Empress Dowager had left, he walked out of Cining Palace as well, heading to the Ministry of Punishment with his imperial guardians.

Meanwhile, Helian Chacha was still tied to the stake.

He rushed to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. The moment he saw the half-dead Helian Chacha who was soaked in her blood, his heart stopped beating for a second.

The guard who was guarding Helian Chacha didn’t expect that His Majesty would come to this place, so he was scared out of his wits and kneeled down immediately when he saw Ye Shengxuan, “Your Majesty!”

Ye Shengxuan didn’t react to his greeting but just passed him directly to untie the chains on Helian Chacha to let her down.

“Lin Dagou! Lin Dagou!” He started to shake Helian Chacha hard.

Since Helian Chacha didn’t respond to him, he checked her breath under the nose and found she was still breathing.

Now he finally got relieved a bit. He then held Helian Chacha up and started to get out of this dungeon quickly, “Hurry up! Send for the imperial doctor!”

In the middle of his way, he suddenly stopped since he just thought of something. The two people who were still kneeling to the ground started to panic.

Ye Shengxuan ordered without any feeling, “Kill them.”

Then he left this place of trouble immediately.

Less than 10 minutes later, they arrived at Yangxin Hall.

The imperial doctor looked really upset after checking the wound of Helian Chacha. He checked her once again and didn’t turn around to walk to Ye Shengxuan before he hesitated a few times.

Seeing that the imperial doctor was coming over, Ye Shengxuan asked him nervously, “How is he doing now? Is he really a girl?”

The imperial doctor looked at him for a bit and said reluctantly after hesitating for a long while, “That is absolutely correct. But there is one more thing which is way more serious than this. You need to be prepared to hear his, Your Majesty.”





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